This is an analysis of the poem The One Who Feels Abandoned that begins with:

If I have failed in any way,
To express my lack of support......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcacb XXXddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 00111001 0010001001010 111110011 111011111 10100010 111110 10110101110 11110101110 001010010100 00100010 1110111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of The One Who Feels Abandoned;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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